Shelving.



No. 7|4,206. Patented Nov. 25, |902.'

J. M. LIPPINCOTT.

SHELVING.

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UNITED STATES ATENT Ormes.

JAMES M. LIPPINOOTT, OF OAKLAND, ILLINOIS.

SHELVING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No; 714,206, dated November25, 1902.

Application filed February 25, 1901. Serial No. 48,670- (No model.)

To coll whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, JAMES M. LIPPINCOTT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oakland, in the county of Coles and State of Illinois, havemade certain newand useful Improvements in Shelving, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention is an ilnprovement in that class of shelving in which ashelf-section is movable vertically to a height above the ordinary fixedshelving and then adj usted back over said shelving-such, for instance,as shown in my former patent, No. 641,212, dated January 9, 1900; andthe present invention has for an object, among others, to simplify theconstruction and to provide means whereby to render the apparatus easierto operate, more efficient, and to improve its general appearance; andthe invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinationsof parts, as will be hereinafter described an claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View, partly broken away, ofanumber of shelving-sections embodying my invention, one of the movableshelving-sections being raised to its uppermost position and anotherlowered to a point in front of the fixed shelving-section. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section on about line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa'vertical longitudinal section on about line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 isan enlarged sectional View of the upperv portion of the apparatus withthe parts in the position shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a ltop plan view ofthe apparatus, partly broken away. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective viewof the top portion of the movable shelving-section. Fig. 7 is a detailsectional view illustrating the construction of the shelving-pulleyswith rollers to take the end thrust. Fig. 8 is a detail sectional v iewillustrating the flanged rail and the grooved pulley. Fig. 9 is a detailperspective view,

for the shelf-blind. Fig. 10 is a detail sectional view illustrating thespring-stop. Fig.

In carrying out my invention I provide a fixed shelving-section A, andabove the same a space to receive the movable shelving-section B.Ordinarily in shelving it is desirable to provide a projecting shelfupon which to support the goods which are being used in making a sale,and this is usually effected by elevating the base of a fixedshelving-section and providing a projecting shelf permanently fixed at asuitable height; but Where the movable shelving-section is employed thisprojecting fixed shelf forms an obstruction to the downward movement ofthe'shelving-section and necessitates the shortening of such section orrequires a greater height of space in which to adjust theshelving-section when not in use than is ordinarily available. For

vthis reason I prefer to provide the fixed shelving-section A with asliding shelf C, which may be moved in, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, whennot in use or when the movable section is drawn down to the positionshown in Fig. 3, or such sliding shelf O may be drawn outward, as shownat the left in Fig. 1, to form a shelf on which to expose the' goodswhenever desired. I prefer to provide suitable guides at C' for thesliding shelf and to provide at the outer edge of such shelf a rib orbead O2, which can abut the outer edge of the shelf adjacent to whichthe sliding shelf operates, as will be understood from Fig. 1. Thisshelf C, it will be seen, can be readily adjusted in out of the way whennot in use and can be drawn forward, as shown in Fig. 1, wheneverdesired. I also prefer to provide one of the shelves of the movablesection B with a similar sliding shelf D, which can be operated, asshown in Fig. 1, when the movable section is lowered or when otherwisedesired. The movable shelving-section B may preferably be made verylight, and where there is a considerable span of shelving I prefer toprovide between the ends of the shelvesy B of the movable sectionstay-rods E, which extend between the shelves B', as shown, and supportthe base-bars E, which extend transversely beneath the shelves and areheld by means of nuts E2. on the rods E. By preference the rods E passthrough slots b', elongated in the direction of length of the shelves B,so the rods can 'be-adjusted toward the ends of the shelves one way orthe other to for the shelves B are usually arranged in two parts, thelower rod bracing the shelves be- IGO low and the upper rod the shelvesabove the shelf adjacent to which the sliding shelf D operates, as willbe understood from Figs. 1, 2, and 3.

In practice the movable shelving-section B may be made of wood,aluminium, or other suitable material, or when desired both wood andaluminium or other light metal may be employed in the construction ofthe movable section in such manner as to enable the production of alight strong shelving-section.

The movable shelving-section B is provided at its upper rear cornerswith rollers F and at its upper front corners with rollers G, therollers F `being arranged tooperate in vertical gnideways H, which curverearwardly at their upper ends into the rearwardly-extending guidewaysH', and the front rollers G operate in the guideways I, which latterextend in advance of the guideways H' and in alinement therewith andcurve downwardly at their ends I to permit the entrance and exit of therollers G in raising and lowering the shelving-section B. I prefer toarrange the guideways I for the rollers G in horizontal alinement withthe guideways l-I', as thereby I avoid any elevation of the guidewaysfor the front rollers above those for the rear rollers of the movableshelving-section and am .thus able to provide an apparatus which willpresent a better appearance at its upper end. The guideways H, H', and Iform tracks for the rollers of the movable shelving-section, and wheredesired tracks may be provided with a rail or flange .I and the pulleysmay be be grooved, as shown'atj in Fig. 8, to prevent any lateral playof the movable shelvingsection; but I prefer to employ the constructionshown in Fig. 7, in which the trackways shown at 1 are simply channeledor grooved in one side and the rollers are formed to 'fit in suchchannel and include a main roller or wheel 2, which supports the load orweight of the movable shelving-section, and a roller 3 to take the endthrust, the axis of the roller 3 being at right angles to that of theroller 2 and such roller 3 being carried in a yoke 4, which is journaledat 5 concentrically with the axis of the roller 2, so the roller 3 mayoperate universally. The rollers 2 and 3 may be covered with rubber, orthe trackway may be covered with rubber, or rubber may be provided onboth parts, if desired, to decrease the noise incident to the operationof the apparatus, and the roller or its track, shown in Fig. 8, (orboth,) may be made of hard rubber or other suitable material to deadenthe noise.

The ropes K, of wire or other material, for raising the shelving-sectionextend from such shelving-section upwardly over guide-pulleys K', thencedownward from guide-pulleys K2, and connect with the weights L, whichare preferably flanged at L' to slide in grooves L2, and so preventanyjamming of the weights in the wells in which they operate. It may bepreferred to form the weights in sections or plates, as shown in Figs. 2and l1, the plates beingslotted at L3, so they can be added and removedas desired to secure a proper counterbalance of the load upon theshelvingsection B. By this means from time to time weights may beapplied and removed according to the weight ofthe goods upon theshelving-section. In connecting the cord K with the movableshelving-section it is preferred to provide means for movably connectingthe cord with the section, so the stress of the cord will not hinder thehorizontal moving of the shelving-section, and this may preferably beaccomplished by providing pulleys M on the cord K, operating in loops orframes M, extending transversely upon the upper end of the movableshelving-section. These frames M operate to strengthen theshelving-section, and I may also form the brackets carrying the rollersF and Gr to overlap the corners of the shelving-section B and strengthenthe same, as will be understood from the construction shown at f at therear of section B in Fig. 6. The section B is provided with a suitablehandhold N, which may be grasped by the hand in raising and lowering theshelving and may be engaged by a pole when necessary.

In connection with the movable shelvingsection and the xed section belowthe same I prefer to provide a shelf-blind O in the form of a curtainwhich may be wound upon a spring-roller O', (see the spring at O2 inFig. 5,) and which blind O is provided at its free edge with a slat orother suitable enlargement O3,by which it will be stopped by suitableforks P, carried by the framing, and it is also provided at such edgewith a ring or loop Q,Which may be automatically engaged by a hook Q atthe upper end of the movable shelvingsection and may be caught by ahooked rod when it is desired to lower the blind to cover the lowerfixed section of the shelving. This blind O, it will be noticed, is inline with the front edge of the fixed shelving-section A, and it canwhen the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2 be drawn down to thebase of the section A and be secured by a hook Q2,

. (see Fig. 1,) and thus serve to cover both the fixed and movableshelving-sections, or the blind O may be simply drawn down automaticallyby the movable shelving-section B to cover the space left vacant by thelowering of said section, as shown at the right in Fig. 1. This blindnot onlyserves to exclude dust and to improve the appearance by hidingthe space IOO IIO

provided for the shelving-section B, but it 4 tory to lowering it, itshook Q will engage the ring Q of the blind O and will draw the saidblind down to the position shown at the right in said figure as thelnovable shelvingsection is adjusted to its said position. Manifestly asuitable molding R may be extended across in front of the shelving atthe upper end thereof, or such part may be cased in any suitable way.

It maybe desirable to employ a stop-spring S, such as shown in Fig. 10,for holding the shelving-section from movement in either di`- rectionexcept when forcibly moved past the said spring. This spring is arrangedto yield under extra pressure and may be employed to hold the movableshelving-section in its lowermost position or at any suitable heightagainst the action of the counterbalancingweight. The movableshelving-section may be found useful for storing away goods when not inseason, such as winter goods in summer, and vice versa.

Having thus described my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

In an apparatus substantially as described the combination of theshelves provided with slots elongated in the direction of length of theshelves, stay-rods extended through said slots, and shelf-sustainingportions on the stay-rods beneath the shelves substantially as setforth.

JAMES M. LIPPINCOTT.

Witnesses:

SoLoN C. KEMON, PERRY B. TURPIN.

